Post by Lia on Apr 11, 2014 22:15:13 GMT
Nope, I'm not done with earthquakes... I'm sorry
In the last post I made some differences between a house and a building. Now we survived the earthquake, we have to face and deal with other kind of things.
Immediate Consequences
Educational Centers
Kids are the hardest thing to control. Please, don’t get me wrong, I like kids, but during an earthquake they react just like every other person would. If the earthquake occurs during class, they have to stay under the tables. Educational centers might be the only place where that rule applies; for the only reason you can’t place all the kind under the lintel. Right after the earthquake has passed, first they have to stay away from windows; some lamps might fall partially or completely, especially these. They should get in a line and go to an open space, with no wires or lamps around in case of an aftershock. It’s the teachers’ role to keep them calm. Parents or a relative should go to pick them up. Don’t expect that to happen soon, streets might be collapsed, but in the meantime they have to stay in school. In educational centers with older students, even if the teachers or professors are responsible for them, they should follow orders quicker than little children. In places where older students are free to go without a parent or a relative, they should be free to go as soon as there are not problems.
Hospitals
If hospitals are anti seismic not much should happen. Blackouts not only will affect elevators and illumination system, but also the machinery, and the patients who require more attention might be the most affected. Some hospitals have power generators, and they will keep working but the staff will pay more attention to people with compound fractures, victims of car crashes and other complicated wounds, if you go because one of your fingers hurts, they will make you get in line. During daylight not only staff will be there, some people will want to stay there to help or because they are hurt. If the hospital is seriously damaged, evacuation will be necessary. At night fewer people will be there, some doctors and nurses will be called to work if they get there.
Shopping Centers
Chaotic is the best word to describe an earthquake at a shopping center. Where to stay during an earthquake? Far from lamps and items that might fall. Usually security guards are the ones who tell people instructions. If there are big windows, stay away from them, some might explode; some might crack; some might do nothing. Blackouts will also happen here, in case elevators work, don’t use them; they are unpredictable after an earthquake. Emergency stairs and exits are the ones you should use.
Transportation
While in a car, bus, or subway, feeling an earthquake might me difficult. Keeping control over a car or a bus is hard, car crashes will happen. Street lights might fall, some wires might also fall, some trees too. Cars using bridges might fall from there and some highways and roads might also be affected. At night, streets are usually less frequented, but accidents will happen too. Subways in daytime will stop due to blackouts, some might have power generators, some will not. In any case, people have to wait for the doors to be opened by the working staff. They all have to be taken to the nearest station as a procedure of evacuation. Pregnant women, children, old people and disabled people are the first ones to be helped, injured people who require medical attention has to be evacuated as well. At night, same will happen. In my country subway stops working at a certain hour, that’s why no one has lived an earthquake at night in the subway. If the subway line is underground, emergency lights should work, and employees carry flashlights; if the subway is on the surface or above it, the same procedure should be used. I don’t want to sound apocalyptic or something like that, but a subway above the surface is more fragile than a subway above the ground. The way seismic waves travel on the surface will affect any kind of transportation in different ways.
Media
Some of you have seen this; I’ve read many critics about the behavior of both countries. I’ll try to explain a few things about this gif comparison.
First, as I established before, hiding under a table is only acceptable in educational centers, under any other circumstances you should hide there. I don’t know if the building where KTLA News is anti seismic on not, but I do know the building in Chile is anti seismic. But the behavior of KTLA News anchors is not appropriate. Second, I’m not here to educate you about earthquakes, if you can use this information in one of your stories, here it is, and showing different behaviors make your story more rich and believable. But every action has its reaction. In daytime many people watch TV and they will react just like people on the TV react. If you see someone losing control during an earthquake there’s a big chance you’ll lose it too. If you see someone keeping their heads cold you might react like them. Media is, in part, responsible for behaviors, actions and opinions. At night, and if you have a chance of watching TV, breaking news will be on every screen, unless you have cable television.
Communication
Internet and cell phones might stop working. Internet because it works with electricity and phones will collapse. Too many people will try to communicate with their beloved ones. Calling someone might not work but texting does work.
People
I should’ve started with this. People will react in many different ways. There are differences according to age, gender roles and experience with earthquakes. There are some common behaviors regarding age and gender roles. Some people will remain calm, some will scream, some will shout words, some will swear, some will cry, some will not react at all, some will stay in one place, some will move from one place to another. If someone is having a panic attack and you want to calm them, do as my grandma did with my cousin. Slap them, not hard, but hard enough so they can react. Every person, or many people as possible, should be in their five senses. Being nervous is completely normal, your body will shake, especially your hands and legs, walking might be difficult and every sound will be like an announcement for another movement. If you get hurt you might not notice until adrenaline fades from your system. Your entire body will be on “alert mode”, your senses might increase their functions. But again, every person will react in a different way.
Sadly, there's more information about earthquakes /:
In the last post I made some differences between a house and a building. Now we survived the earthquake, we have to face and deal with other kind of things.
Immediate Consequences
Educational Centers
Kids are the hardest thing to control. Please, don’t get me wrong, I like kids, but during an earthquake they react just like every other person would. If the earthquake occurs during class, they have to stay under the tables. Educational centers might be the only place where that rule applies; for the only reason you can’t place all the kind under the lintel. Right after the earthquake has passed, first they have to stay away from windows; some lamps might fall partially or completely, especially these. They should get in a line and go to an open space, with no wires or lamps around in case of an aftershock. It’s the teachers’ role to keep them calm. Parents or a relative should go to pick them up. Don’t expect that to happen soon, streets might be collapsed, but in the meantime they have to stay in school. In educational centers with older students, even if the teachers or professors are responsible for them, they should follow orders quicker than little children. In places where older students are free to go without a parent or a relative, they should be free to go as soon as there are not problems.
Hospitals
If hospitals are anti seismic not much should happen. Blackouts not only will affect elevators and illumination system, but also the machinery, and the patients who require more attention might be the most affected. Some hospitals have power generators, and they will keep working but the staff will pay more attention to people with compound fractures, victims of car crashes and other complicated wounds, if you go because one of your fingers hurts, they will make you get in line. During daylight not only staff will be there, some people will want to stay there to help or because they are hurt. If the hospital is seriously damaged, evacuation will be necessary. At night fewer people will be there, some doctors and nurses will be called to work if they get there.
Shopping Centers
Chaotic is the best word to describe an earthquake at a shopping center. Where to stay during an earthquake? Far from lamps and items that might fall. Usually security guards are the ones who tell people instructions. If there are big windows, stay away from them, some might explode; some might crack; some might do nothing. Blackouts will also happen here, in case elevators work, don’t use them; they are unpredictable after an earthquake. Emergency stairs and exits are the ones you should use.
Transportation
While in a car, bus, or subway, feeling an earthquake might me difficult. Keeping control over a car or a bus is hard, car crashes will happen. Street lights might fall, some wires might also fall, some trees too. Cars using bridges might fall from there and some highways and roads might also be affected. At night, streets are usually less frequented, but accidents will happen too. Subways in daytime will stop due to blackouts, some might have power generators, some will not. In any case, people have to wait for the doors to be opened by the working staff. They all have to be taken to the nearest station as a procedure of evacuation. Pregnant women, children, old people and disabled people are the first ones to be helped, injured people who require medical attention has to be evacuated as well. At night, same will happen. In my country subway stops working at a certain hour, that’s why no one has lived an earthquake at night in the subway. If the subway line is underground, emergency lights should work, and employees carry flashlights; if the subway is on the surface or above it, the same procedure should be used. I don’t want to sound apocalyptic or something like that, but a subway above the surface is more fragile than a subway above the ground. The way seismic waves travel on the surface will affect any kind of transportation in different ways.
Media
Some of you have seen this; I’ve read many critics about the behavior of both countries. I’ll try to explain a few things about this gif comparison.
First, as I established before, hiding under a table is only acceptable in educational centers, under any other circumstances you should hide there. I don’t know if the building where KTLA News is anti seismic on not, but I do know the building in Chile is anti seismic. But the behavior of KTLA News anchors is not appropriate. Second, I’m not here to educate you about earthquakes, if you can use this information in one of your stories, here it is, and showing different behaviors make your story more rich and believable. But every action has its reaction. In daytime many people watch TV and they will react just like people on the TV react. If you see someone losing control during an earthquake there’s a big chance you’ll lose it too. If you see someone keeping their heads cold you might react like them. Media is, in part, responsible for behaviors, actions and opinions. At night, and if you have a chance of watching TV, breaking news will be on every screen, unless you have cable television.
Communication
Internet and cell phones might stop working. Internet because it works with electricity and phones will collapse. Too many people will try to communicate with their beloved ones. Calling someone might not work but texting does work.
People
I should’ve started with this. People will react in many different ways. There are differences according to age, gender roles and experience with earthquakes. There are some common behaviors regarding age and gender roles. Some people will remain calm, some will scream, some will shout words, some will swear, some will cry, some will not react at all, some will stay in one place, some will move from one place to another. If someone is having a panic attack and you want to calm them, do as my grandma did with my cousin. Slap them, not hard, but hard enough so they can react. Every person, or many people as possible, should be in their five senses. Being nervous is completely normal, your body will shake, especially your hands and legs, walking might be difficult and every sound will be like an announcement for another movement. If you get hurt you might not notice until adrenaline fades from your system. Your entire body will be on “alert mode”, your senses might increase their functions. But again, every person will react in a different way.
Sadly, there's more information about earthquakes /: